Surveying the U.S. World's Fair Pavilions

2019-07-04T10:06:00-04:00

As the United States of America once again celebrates the anniversary of its declaration of independence, we're surveying some of the patriotic displays of architecture from World's Fair expositions throughout the decades. From aspirational beginnings as a young nation at London's Great Exhibition in 1851 to the iconic, Modernist structures of an emboldening superpower, all the way to the thematic, multimedia mega-pavilions of the contemporary age, US Pavilions across time reflect and have helped shape perceptions of America to itself and the world.

We have selected ten pavilions from various historical epochs to offer a passing glance at some of the more noteworthy American pavilions.

Previewing the 2016 Venice Biennale: the United States' "Architectural Imagination"

2016-05-17T17:01:00-04:00

In advance of the 2016 Venice Biennale, we've spoken with the curators behind a few select pavilions to check in on the status of their exhibitions. For this feature, we share our conversation with Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon of the American Pavilion, "The Architectural Imagination".

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Surveying the U.S. World's Fair Pavilions

Previewing the 2016 Venice Biennale: the United States' "Architectural Imagination"